Looking for advice on this damaged car before buying

[Bestlad]

Ring your insurance company first of all and run the registration plate through them if its damaged.

 

we almost bought a vw classic golf from a local garage as it seemed a bargain. We were told it was a category d write off by the garage but it transpired it was a cat c which is a whole different ball game.

[Obelix]

Might just as well get the 2.0, its fast enough. Don't let people con you into thinking that you need a diesel these days. The modern common rail diesels turn into unreliable junk after a few years, throwing the 'savings' out of the window.

 

Odd because I've passed 300k on my common rail now, and know of a lot of other people doing similar mileages too....

 

It's like the old K-series engines where everyone assumed that all the headgaskets always popped as soon as you looked at them. There was just a few more failures than you'd expect on early cars, and it got blow out of all proportions. The "fragile" common rail myth is the same sort of thing.

 

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Ring your insurance company first of all and run the registration plate through them if its damaged.

 

we almost bought a vw classic golf from a local garage as it seemed a bargain. We were told it was a category d write off by the garage but it transpired it was a cat c which is a whole different ball game.

 

You all do know it was months ago that the OP asked right...?